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New Ecological Realisms: Post-Apocalyptic Fiction and Contemporary Theory (Speculative Realism) by Monika Kaup is a literary studies available to read on EtoBox.
What is New Ecological Realisms: Post-Apocalyptic Fiction and Contemporary Theory (Speculative Realism) about?
Monika Kaup pairs post-apocalyptic novels by Margaret Atwood, Jose Saramago, Octavia Butler and Cormac McCarthy with new realist theories from Bruno Latour, Humberto Maturana, Francisco Varela, Markus Gabriel, Jean-Luc Marion and Alphonso Lingis. She shows that, just as new realist theory can illuminate post-apocalyptic literature, post-apocalyptic literature can illuminate new theories of the real. Kaup showcases a context-based concept of the real. She argues that new realisms of complex and e
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Monika Kaup
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Published
- 2021
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781474483124
- Category
- literary studies
- Subjects
- Fiction, Science Fiction, Literary Criticism
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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